Direct School Admission (DSA)

With effect from 2010, Bendemeer Secondary School is able to offer admission to students under the DSA-Secondary programme. We are now inviting current Primary Six students who have a keen interest in Leadership development, Community Service and the Health Sciences, to join the school through the Direct School Admission (DSA-Sec) Exercise.

Learning for Life Programme: Developing Student Leadership through Service Learning

1. OUR LLP PROGRAMME FOR SUCCESSFUL DSA STUDENTS

Bendemeer Secondary is focused on developing student leadership through service learning. While still encapsulating the core objectives of National Education, such as nurturing students into active citizens with a sense of rootedness and responsibility to their community and fellow Singaporeans, the LLP will also provide students with real-life experiential learning to develop their character and values, cultivate positive attitudes, self-expression and strengthen their people skills.

The Leadership Development team aims to develop student leaders who are active learners with vision, passion, resilience and integrity to succeed in the global environment and to serve our nation as active citizens. Hence, part of their training encompasses a student initiated and a self-directed service learning project. This will provide them with an opportunity to understand key issues in the community and use problem solving skills to solve real world issues. Working in teams, students will be encouraged to identify an area of concern in a community, explore possible challenges, establish the underlying problem and propose an action plan to solve the problem. Once the proposed solution has been implemented, students will also be required to reflect upon the process, the learning and impact they have made on the community.

2. LLP ADMISSION CRITERIA

The DSA-Sec Exercise is open from 7 May 2018 till 31 July 2018.

In selection of students, we are looking for students with one or more of the following attributes and experience:

Students who have taken up leadership positions in their Primary schools (i.e. NE Ambassadors, class monitors, prefects, CCA leaders such as soccer captains, band major, etc)

Students who have a strong interest in Character and Citizenship Education (e.g. participating actively in school-organized learning journeys, Total Defence Day, Racial Harmony Day, International Friendship Day, etc)

Students who have a passion for community services (i.e. participating in community events and activities or school- organized events related to the community, e.g. National Day Observance Ceremony, Family Day at community clubs, etc)

Applied Learning Programme (ALP) in Health Science

3. OUR ALP PROGRAMME FOR SUCCESSFUL DSA STUDENTS

At Bendemeer Secondary School, our students are exposed to the Applied Learning Programme (ALP), “Making Health Science Alive through Authentic Problem-Based Learning”. The students are provided a platform to extend the learning of Science beyond textbooks where they acquire knowledge and skills through real-life problems while identifying their own learning needs. They will learn to locate resources to meet these needs, and apply what they have learned to find solutions to the problems.

Students who are admitted to our school via the DSA-Sec scheme for ALP can look forward to being exposed to novel and adaptive thinking skills that will prepare students for Advanced Elective Modules and post-secondary options at Institutions of Higher Learning for example “Healthcare in Action”, “Food Science and Culture” and “Food Biotechnology in Human Health and Nutrition”. Students will be provided with opportunities to work in groups to build up their social intelligence and collaborative skills as well as hone their design mind-set and transdisciplinarity. The ALP will consist of features that intend to prepare the students with the future work skills 2020 and 21CC, in addition to raising scientific literacy and strengthening the scientific method.

4. ALP ADMISSION CRITERIA

The DSA-Sec Exercise is open from 7 May 2018 till 31 July 2018.

In selection of students, we are looking for students with one or more of the following attributes and experience:

Students who are passionate about Science, in particular Health Science.

Students who have participated in science competitions and events or have been recognized in other relevant competitions.

Students who are active in science-related CCAs in their primary schools.

Short-listed applicants will be required to attend an interview or/and sit for a short aptitude test between 23July 2018 and 21 August 2018.

All applicants will be informed of their application outcome by 31 August 2018.

The decision of the Interview Panel on the DSA-Sec application is final. The school reserves the right not to release the reasons for non-selection of applicants and/or the results of the aptitude test and the interview.

5. APPLICATION PROCEDURE

(i) Application forms can be obtained from the school’s General Office during office hours, Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. A copy of the Application form can also be downloaded from here.

(ii) The following documents are to be submitted together with the Application Form:

Passport size photo (1)

Copy of Birth Certificate/NRIC/FIN

Copies of Examination Results Slips for Primary 5 and 6

Student Leadership/CCE-related/CIP/CCA Records, if any

Any other relevant documents

(iii) Completed application forms and the supporting documents are to be submitted by hand or post by 31 July 2018, to: